Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-12-14
THE NORTHWEST.
NRBRAsKA.

AA CxAWiuhtkuu luE kbhte anu QlOlcSbluu8i
sertiacates VIII be held ct Aurora on Decem-
Der 2s, 20 and %.
The talk Of holding mass convention ct
Grant to nominate ticket for the county has
been fmothered.
The new county formed from Keith and
Perkins has been christened Ell. It 10 princi-
paiIy inhabited BY real estate agents.
Louis Passc, alias Happy Jack. has been
found guilty Of issuing counterfeit land re-
eeiver's reesipts, in the federal court.
The Fremont city council has passed reso-
buttons demanding that the street commits
sioner be more explicit In his accounts.
There was such great demand for .coal at
Lincoln Sunday that coal dealers were de-.
privsd Of their usual Christian worship.
Robert Edmundson died Monday night from
Internal injuries, the result OF falling from .
wagon while under the influences of liquor.
hospital formed and managed by ladies
has originated at Hastings, and filed articles
Of Incorporation with the secretary of state.
The Garfield County Quaver is the latest
rusher fer support on the border. 1t viii be
IOWA
Geo. Miller, painter Of Ottumwa, took
forty grains Of morphine Wednesday morn
Ing with suicidal intent. It'll thought that
dependency was the incentive for his rash
oct.
The bodies Of John Smith and Frank Peter
son we've found near Kahoka Monday morn
ing frozen to death. They were lsborers on
the Santa Fe, and are supposed to have been
intoxicated.
An organization known az the ssSac City
Improvement company" is being organized
at Sac City, the purpose of which will be to
advance the business enterprise Of the town
and county.
Vim. Munford, of Waterloo, was sentenced
10 life imprisonment for the murder of his
uncle, Mr.. Hemme. Mrs. Hemme was con-
nected with the crime and will be tried at the
next term Of court.
Sixty men were taken Wednesday from
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul shops at
Dubuque and sent to Milwaukee and Chicago,
and the citizens Of that place are very much
alarmed over the affair.
A farmer near Cedar Rapids, while boring
for an artesian well, struck q vein of water
at thirty feet which spouted eight feet in the
air, being almost equal to the Belle PLANE
wonder.
The first merchandise to cross the new
bridge at Dubuque was nine barrels of
whisky from Illinois into prohibition Iowa.
The first person to cross the Ice bridge be-
tween Lyons and Fullerton carried two jugs
Of whisky.
The barn Of George e. Fuller, at Emmete-
burg, was burned Friday with all its con-
tents. The circumstances point to the incen.
diAriem Of saloon followers, against whom he
recently appeared as prosecutor in Injunction
and contempt cases.
TIE township Of Fairfield, in Buena Vista
county, has not had death or contagious
disease within its borders Within the past
year. Sixty straight Republican tickets and
not one Democratic was the expression of the
polls at the last election.
DAKOTA.
A rolling mill is to be erected near the tin
ore deposits at Custer City. 1t will concen
trate twenty tons per day.
student who was taken with diphtheris some
tine ago, died Sunday night.
Nothing defnite has been heard of Nc
orankin, the defaultlng Milwaukee and st.
Paul station agent at Spencer.
Mrs. L. A. Anderson, of Rapid City, Is at
Aberdeen, looking for her son, who left home
July D and has not yet returned.
The Yankton college lecture course will
open the 10th inst, with lecture from Sam.
uel P. Leland on "World Making"
Thursday morning there wssn'ta pound of
coal or stick Of wood in the yards of the
Brookings dealers.
Parker is raising 2 q, 900 bonus with which
to get the Duluth and Denver railroad through
that place.
The DeEmet roller mill 10 putting In steam
heating apparatus to heat the mill and take
the frost out of the wheat.
A passenger train near Iroquois ran into
train which was stuck in the snow, Sunday,
injuring nine persons.
The public schools at Faulkton have clos.
cd on account Of the prevalence Of diphtheria
and mountain fever.
The Rsdfeld saloons, whose licenses expire
in May, are being attacked by the local option
aw and will have to 90.
Ridiski Bros, WHO left Hillsboro after SELL
ing $4,000 worth Of mortgaged property, have
been captured at Black River Falls.
The banks of Bismarck show large deposits
and show that the condition Of the county
and city Is better than wae ever before known.
ExGov. Pennington has placed the man
agement Of his paper, the Yaukton Telegram,
into the hands Of his son, John L., jr., In or
der that he may attend to his duties as justice.
Volume 1, number 1, Of the Oldhum Rustler,
by W. 8. Ellis, made its appearance last
Friday.
The Chicago and Northwestern railroad has
raised the freight on soft coal In Dakota 81
per ton.
The Knights of Labor Of Sioux Falls will
eelebrate their first anniversary the 18th Of
January, 1888.
The d olphin group of mines near Custer
City have been sold to the Harvey Peak com.
parry for $4,000.
Mrs. Albert Msrtindale, of Coltax, met .
terrible death Tuesday evening BY having her
clothes take fire and her body burned to .
crisp before assistance could arrive.
J. r. johnson was fatally shot by Michael
Nash at st. Paul on Friday afternoon. Nash
roomed in Johnson's house and got behind
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